Cricket Discussion - Part 1

[Garibaldi Red]

Joe Burns experiment = fail.

He had a better test debut than Rahul

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Kohli might be as annoying as a mosquito in a hyperbaric chamber but Australia still can't get him out.

 

[philreich]

Safe to say that Kohli won't be invited to the Aussies' post match party: they're getting into him just about every ball. But gee he's a quality player: Tendulkar has retired, but I reckon this bloke is every bit as good as Sachin.

 

[Seanybruz]

 

[Seanybruz]

And we got another wicket first ball of the last session, Harris dismisses Kohli.

 

[philreich]

Get Rahane in the next 5 overs, and the rest may follow quickly....

 

[Greasyrhys]

Yay, glad we got Kolhi out! Please finish 'em Aussies.

 

[Quadzilla]

Someone on cricinfo not happy ...

Dwayne Schultz: "Stuff bringing on Lyon - bowl Shaun Marsh from one end and Watson from the other and tell them whoever takes the first wicket gets to keep their spot in the team. The loser has to be twelfth man and share a hotel room with Peter 'Baked Beans Diet' Siddle in Sydney."

 

[LFC2010]

Someone on cricinfo not happy ...

Dwayne Schultz: "Stuff bringing on Lyon - bowl Shaun Marsh from one end and Watson from the other and tell them whoever takes the first wicket gets to keep their spot in the team. The loser has to be twelfth man and share a hotel room with Peter 'Baked Beans Diet' Siddle in Sydney."

that is brilliant.

India must be batting for the draw.. It's like they want to hand us the Border/Gavaskar trophy themselves.

 

[Seanybruz]

I'd keep Shaun Marsh in the side regardless at least he's a proper batsman albeit inconsistent, Watto isn't doing either all rounder duties at the minute, saying that he'll probably break this partnership now lol.

 

[mic59]

India's last 6 have generally lasted about 21 overs. In the Adelaide second innings only 10 when they only lost by 48 runs. The best they have done is 35.

Just as I was writing that they are 5 down.

 

[Willsy10]

shit tactics from both teams today. Hey we might still win but we could've made it much easier for ourselves. Still banking on this fizzling out to a lame draw. Seriously though was india making 380 odd in 2 sessions ever a serious threat. I actually thought we should've hit out for 5-10 over at the absolute max today. Hitting out last night would've been even better.

 

[BIG MATTY WHITE]

shit tactics from both teams today. Hey we might still win but we could've made it much easier for ourselves. Still banking on this fizzling out to a lame draw. Seriously though was india making 380 odd in 2 sessions ever a serious threat. I actually thought we should've hit out for 5-10 over at the absolute max today. Hitting out last night would've been even better.

But think about shaun "son of a gun" marsh's 100....

 

[philreich]

Hold your horses: this ain't over yet. Hazlewood gets Rahane - India 6 down.

 

[BIG MATTY WHITE]

Hold your horses: this ain't over yet. Hazlewood gets Rahane - India 6 down.

Its not about whether we win or not....

Just the decision to declare was baffling and marsh's lack of urgency to make his 100...which was his downfall in the end

 

[mic59]

6 down. In the first innings India survived 10 overs after the 6th wicket went down but Kohli and Ashwin took up 8 of those.

India have scored 607 runs so far and 2 batsmen have scored 418 of those.

 

[BIG MATTY WHITE]

Wow he just took out the 2nd slip too

 

[philreich]

Its not about whether we win or not....

Just the decision to declare was baffling and marsh's lack of urgency to make his 100...which was his downfall in the end

I reckon the Aussies may have been spooked a little by Kohli's innings in Adelaide. He nearly dragged India over the line, and I'm sure Smith was anxious to avoid giving the visitors even the slightest chance of victory.

 

[Willsy10]

Its not about whether we win or not....

Just the decision to declare was baffling and marsh's lack of urgency to make his 100...which was his downfall in the end

and then ran himself out on 99, the whole day has been comical

 

[BIG MATTY WHITE]

I reckon the Aussies may have been spooked a little by Kohli's innings in Adelaide. He nearly dragged India over the line, and I'm sure Smith was anxious to avoid giving the visitors even the slightest chance of victory.

Still after the rain delay today they should have belted the ball we had enough runs as it was....except all we got was time wasting BS

 

[BIG MATTY WHITE]

CH9 WTF ARE F***WITS DOING TO MY TV

 

[philreich]

Still after the rain delay today they should have belted the ball we had enough runs as it was....except all we got was time wasting BS

True: if India finishes 9 down, questions will be asked!!!

 

[BIG MATTY WHITE]

True: if India finishes 9 down, questions will be asked!!!

It will go down as a black mark against smith.....which is a shame considering what he has done...

 

[Seanybruz]

Crap finish to an average final day topped off with the decision to give up with 4 overs left, I know we probably wouldn't have taken the wickets but all it takes is one good delivery to dismiss Dhoni & their tail would crumble.

Oh well one things for certain the MCG isn't close to Adelaide Oval when it comes to last day finishes.

 

[LFC2010]

Social Media is an absolute laugh atm, all the Indian fanboys are crying! some quite comical comments on the cricket.com.au FB page atm. Well worth a visit everyone if you want some entertainment tonight.